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package com.google.enterprise.connector.salesforce.security;

/**
 * Interface class that all loadable authentication modules should implement.
 * <p>
 * Startup param for tomcat is is -DAUmodule_connectorinstancename=com.yourmodule.YourAUClass
 * </p>
 */

public interface IAuthenticationModule {

	 /** Authenticates the user given the username/password
	  *  TODO: if the connectormanager someday passes in a token, we could use that
	   * @param username
	   * @param password 
	   * @return boolean true/false if the user is authenticated
	   */  
	public  boolean authenticate(String username, String password);
	
}
